Halle Berry

The X-Men actress began her career as a model and a beauty pageant contestant. Halle Berry finished as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and came up sixth in the Miss World competition back in 1986. However, she realized that she could do more in Hollywood, so she appeared on Boomerang in 1992, which served as her breakthrough movie. Berry has since then appeared in highly successful films like Die Another Day, X-Men and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

The actress made history when she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her lead role in Monster’s Ball in 2001. She was the only woman of color to have won the prestigious award. Berry became relentless and was given credit as one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. The star also explored other aspects of Hollywood by producing movies starting in the 2000s. As an environmentalist, the actress is not afraid to voice her opinions on the use of natural gas as well as the exploitation and the need for the protection of the oceans.